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Administrating Palliative Medication Maro Jenkins Nursing Research 5210 September 6,
2019 ADMINISTRATING PALLIATIVE MEDICATION 2 Administrating Palliative Medication
The topic I decided to investigate on is the administration of palliative medication. Palliative
medication refers to the process of supporting patients who are going through very serious
illnesses and their chances of survival are minimal. This form of medication helps in relieve
suffering among patients themselves, therefore improving their quality of life. Proper care is
what all patients require, and it really helps in giving them hope of getting cured even
through their condition are worse (Fonte et al 2015). Palliate medication can be administer
to any age and any stage of illness. The illness can be curable, chronic or terminal. The aim
of the essay is basically to discuss some of the factors which contribute to the success of a
palliative care administration towards terminally ill patients. It is evident that this
medication ends up being successful in some cases. This means that patients and even
family members end up being comfortable with their patient. Some of the questions which
are expected in the research include the kind of attitude the nurses need to have in ensuring
that the whole process is done well. Definitely the personalities of the healthcare providers
highly determine the outcomes of the patients. Another question is about the kind of
environment necessary for improved outcomes. In relation to environment some of the
factors will be included, like the company of people around the patient, the external
environmental conditions among other things. Questions on the advantages of positive
outcomes in palliative care will also be answered. This topic is very important to using and
nursing care, since it helps them understand things which need to be considered in making
the palliative medication a success. The aim of every healthcare provider is always to
ensure that their patients are in better condition despite the illness they may be suffering
from (Healy & Reymond 2015). Through this topic, they will also ADMINISTRATING
PALLIATIVE MEDICATION 3 be in a position to understand some of the things to avoid in
providing palliative medication. They also get to understand the value of life. This is
normally seen through the response of the friends and families. In most cases, they tend to
appreciate and also feel happy whenever they realize that the condition of their patient is
fairing on well. The nursing agendas represented in this topic include the general definition
of the topic, which is administration of palliative medication. It is always important for the
health provides to have a better understanding of the issue before working with it. Another
item is on the factors which enhance the success of this medication (Healy & Reymond

2. 2015). This will highlight practices which should be encouraged and those to be avoided
through the whole process. The importance of this topic will also be discussed, so that the
healthcare providers can understand why their role is important. ADMINISTRATING
PALLIATIVE MEDICATION 4 References Fonte, C., Fatigoni, S., & Roila, F. (2015). A review of
olanzapine as an antiemetic in chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and in palliative
care patients. Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 95(2), 214-221. Healy, S., &
Reymond, L. (2015). Delivering quality care for palliative care patients. Scientia.